The paper length is not relevant since the chart flows from one page to the next.
Mobile
in.
mm
Portrait
2.75
70
For smart phones, not for printing
Landscape
5.5
140
For smart phones, not for printing
USA & Canada
in.
mm
Letter Portrait
8.5
216
Also Legal Portrait
Letter Landscape
11
279
Legal Landscape
14
356
Also Ledger Portrait
Ledger Landscape
17
432
International
in.
mm
A5 Portrait
5.82
148
A4 Portrait
8.25
210
Also A5 Landscape
A4 Landscape
11.71
297
Also A3 Landscape
A3 Landscape
16.54
420
The Text+ programs assume that the right and left margins are each about 25mm (1/2 inch) wide.
On the Format for Printing page, differences in page margins can be accommodated by the "fudge factor":
TNG Descendant Charts
Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.
Graphical formats
"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person,
but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page)
They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print,
but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart
with more than three or four generations of data,
you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF.
On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF,
but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes,
wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks
(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level.
When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)
Text formats
"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats.
They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart.
(That's good news and bad news).
In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling,
and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width
(albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode).
They are also much more flexible than the other formats,
with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports.
They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes.
But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense,
and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all;
they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.
     │ :           │ + Living
     │ :           │ + Carlos Raul Piad
(23 Mar 1928 Cuba - 5 Jan 1996 Panama City, Panama)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      ├─Luis Arturo Guinard
(Panama City, Panama;2 Jan 1931 - 6 Dec 1975) =>
     │      │      │ + Alicia Saenz
(19 Feb 1933 Panama City, Panama - Abt 1999 McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA)
     │      │       + Roberto Domingo Richa
(Panama City, Panama;10 Aug 1956 - 27 Feb 1997)
     │      ├─Blanca Maria Azcarraga
(20 Jul 1900 Pueblo Nuevo, Chiriquí, Panama - 13 Aug 1994 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA)
     │      │ Louis Celerier
(26 Jan 1887 Coussac, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France - 20 Jan 1978 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      │ + Living
     │      │      └─Mireille Celerier
(25 Dec 1928 Panama City, Panama - 19 Jan 2013 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA) =>
     │      │       + Richard Keith Erbe
(30 Oct 1922 Ancón, Canal Zone, Panama - 13 Nov 2003 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA)
     │      ├─Lea Catalina (Leita) Azcarraga
(3 Dec 1897 Pueblo Nuevo, Chiriquí, Panama - 8 Mar 1989 Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA)
     │      │ Floyd Herbert Baldwin
(11 Oct 1887 Samuels, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA - 9 Jan 1968 Fort Amador, Canal Zone, Panama)
     │      │      ├─Floyd Herbert Baldwin, Jr
(28 Apr 1922 Panama City, Panama - 16 Jun 1987 Harris County, Texas, USA) =>
     │      │      └─Frank Albert Baldwin
(16 Oct 1920 Panama City, Panama - 27 Aug 2017 Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA) =>
     │      │       + Laura (Coqui) Garcia De Paredes
(21 Dec 1924 Panama City, Panama - 9 Mar 1983 Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA)
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Maria Teresa (Chola) Azcarraga
(Panama City, Panama;31 May 1913 - 1984)
     │      │       + Living
     │      ├─Francisco (Quico) Azcarraga
(3 Apr 1902 Pueblo Nuevo, Chiriquí, Panama - 16 Mar 1940 Panama City, Panama)
     │      │ Berta Stanziola
(7 Oct 1907 Aguadulce, Coclé, Panama - 9 Apr 1984 Panama City, Panama)
     │      │       + Rene Antonio Orillac, Jr.
(Panama City, Panama;5 May 1932 - 18 Sep 2010)
     │      ├─Raquel Sofia Azcarraga
(26 Mar 1917 Panama City, Panama - 21 Jan 2004 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA)
     │      │ Alfred Sigmund Wolfe
(14 Jun 1914 Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA - 24 Feb 1999 Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA)
     │      │      └─Judith Frances Wolfe
(27 Sep 1953 Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA - 16 Jan 2013 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA)
     │      │       + Living
     │      └─David Azcarraga
(Panama City, Panama;8 Feb 1905 - 18 Nov 1964)
     │       Aida Jackson
(21 Dec 1912 New Jersey, USA - )
     │            │ + Living
     │            └─David Tomas (Toti) Azcarraga
(15 Oct 1935 Panama City, Panama - 1 Nov 2013 Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA) =>